Currently the coredump code sets group_exit_task so that signal_group_exit() will return true during a coredump. Now that the coredump code always sets SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT there is no longer a need to set signal->group_exit_task. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/coredump.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c index 2c9d16d4b57a..ef56595a0d87 100644 --- a/fs/coredump.c +++ b/fs/coredump.c @@ -377,7 +377,6 @@ static int zap_threads(struct task_struct *tsk, spin_lock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock); if (!signal_group_exit(tsk->signal)) { tsk->signal->core_state = core_state; - tsk->signal->group_exit_task = tsk; nr = zap_process(tsk, exit_code); clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_SIGPENDING); tsk->flags |= PF_DUMPCORE; @@ -426,7 +425,6 @@ static void coredump_finish(bool core_dumped) spin_lock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock); if (core_dumped && !__fatal_signal_pending(current)) current->signal->group_exit_code |= 0x80; - current->signal->group_exit_task = NULL; next = current->signal->core_state->dumper.next; current->signal->core_state = NULL; spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock); -- 2.29.2